Short video spoiler history: The beginning of modern warfare

Chapter 101: To Zhuge Liang, will the Northern Expedition succeed?

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

During the Ming Dynasty, in Jinling City, Liu Laosan's electrical appliance store was crowded with people. At this time, people with various accents exclaimed in surprise. Judging from their accents, many of them were from Shangyuan and Jiangning.

Liu Ji was also among them. At this time, he was surrounded by a servant in the middle, who skillfully controlled the joystick of the "phonograph" in his hand. He even had time to look up and survey everyone. However, from his perspective, he was surrounded by noisy faces, crowded together, and the smell of many of them was really unfriendly.

As he rocked, a faint sound came from the phonograph. It was a slightly childish voice singing a local ballad: "I am suffering from lovesickness, and my sisters invited me to the southern suburbs. I hold my hands to my cheeks, thinking about my lover, but he doesn't come to see me. What kind of heart do you have? What kind of heart do you have? Be good, go and get the love from me."

After the song was finished, some noisy sounds were recorded at the end.

Everyone stared at the rotating microphone with wide eyes, and at the same time, they carefully distinguished the sounds coming from the speaker. Many of them were the same voices just now. Many people heard their own voices coming from it and were so excited that they showed off to their companions.

“It’s my voice!”

Those who had not yet heard their own voices congratulated their companions while anxiously looking at the turning phonograph.

Liu Ji didn't know what to congratulate, as he was wandering here alone without any companions, so he looked around silently for a few seconds and slowly moved towards the "light bulb" on display at the side.

The phonograph was made by the Ministry of Industry a few days ago, and the gold-copper foil used on the cartridge was obviously of better quality, and the sound was more realistic.

That day, in front of everyone, His Majesty asked the eunuch to play back over ten times what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had recorded: "The way of the university is to manifest the bright virtue, to love the people, and to stop at the highest good. Only when you know where to stop can you be determined."

In comparison, there were far fewer people at the light bulb display.

Liu Ji knew at a glance that it was another "light bulb" of much inferior quality. The core difficulty was the carbonized bamboo wick in the middle. It was not as light and thin as those made by the Ministry of Industry. There was not even a cover on the outer layer, and the wires were exposed. Another servant was working hard to crank the engine. Liu Ji seemed to see the first time he saw power generation in the palace.

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Apart from that, there is nothing much to see. There is an electric fan, but because it is powered by human power, the fan rotates slowly and unstably, and it gets stuck from time to time. According to the Ministry of Industry, it is probably because the coil in the middle is not enough.

This is the third store in the "electrical appliance shop street" that Liu Ji visited. It is obvious that the surrounding shops have also changed their appearance and invested in this new industry. The goods sold are actually not much different, and the technology is all taught by Tianmu.

The main purpose of Liu Ji's trip was to see the folk inventions in this area. It was obvious that they were not very good. They had not even invented the lead-acid battery or the electric tricycle.

Not to mention the optical microscope. If Your Majesty hadn't urged us to do it, I'm afraid the Ministry of Industry wouldn't be able to make it now.

At that time, saliva from the oral mucosa of many ministers was collected in turn and placed on the objective microscope.

When Liu Ji really saw through the "eyepiece" that there were no purple spherical moving bacteria at all, he was completely stunned.

The shock was beyond words. He learned from Tianmu that the world was full of these bacteria. Liu Ji thought about it all night and wondered if these bacteria could talk to each other like humans and have a court or something.

Liu Ji left the electrical appliance store in silence. The things sold there, like generators and electric fans, were actually just castles in the air. They still needed to be generated by human power to be used. The only people who could use them were actually the people living by the river, but these people probably couldn't afford to buy generators.

However, Liu Ji knew that these electrical appliances were not far from being put into practical use.

The Ministry of Industry has already begun laying electrical wires in the imperial palace. In terms of power generation, thermal power is currently used, using coke mined and refined from the Western Hills of Beiping Prefecture, which is transported to the south via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Currently, in the coal mine exploration in the north, most of the shallow coal mines are mainly distributed in the north, such as Shanxi Province. Therefore, the court plans to build a railway from Datong, Shanxi and other places eastward to Beiping Prefecture, and then transfer to sea transportation. This railway will be used to transport coal to the south and to transport food to the northern border.

However, long-distance transportation is too far, and the court also plans to see if it can use some places with fast-flowing water outside the city such as the Yangtze River and Qinhuai River to generate hydroelectric power. This project is still under investigation. The core of hydroelectric power generation lies in the flow rate of water.

Among the several locations that have been investigated, some can generate electricity normally, but no one dares to guarantee whether they can support the consumption and use of the entire Jinling City. Liu Ji knows that it is highly unlikely.
In the future, it is possible that hydropower and thermal power will be used in parallel.

Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City.

Li Shimin, together with a group of important ministers, were also planning to build a railway from Chang'an to Sanmenxia to facilitate the transportation of grain from Luoyang. The reason for building it to Sanmenxia was that the Yellow River flows east of Tongguan, between Zhongtiao Mountain and Huashan Mountain, and the river water is very turbulent because of the two mountains.

At the Sanmenxia section, the river water is divided by two large stone islands called Dizhu in the river, forming three rapids, and there are also reefs under the water, making it impossible for ships to pass through.

Using rails instead of land transportation can effectively reduce transportation costs, and the speed of current steam locomotives is sufficient.

The safety of Chang'an was the primary concern of the court, so Li Shimin and others also made many inspections along the way.
Time soon came to the day when the sky brightened.

[On a certain website, we often see similar questions like, "If we give Zhuge Liang xx things, will the Northern Expedition be successful?"]

[The xx things here include but are not limited to: unlimited cola, unlimited Red Bull, unlimited instant noodles, 200 tons of Northeast rice, 100 million cats, 10 tons of potatoes, 1000 kilograms of coffee, 1000 Land Rovers, Chengdu in 2023, 10 O'Neals, 10 potato starch, 1 Paimon, 100 million college students, etc.]

[Today we look at the problem of 100 million college students. Netizens tried to imitate college students. The situation was roughly like this]

【College student: The call came to my home, can I go home? 】

[College students, wall, wall, looking for the girl in the first row of the Fourth Battalion of the Northern Expedition yesterday afternoon. She looked so cute when she held the flag.]

[College student: Prime Minister, can I stand with my friend during the Northern Expedition? We want to be together]

[“Tomorrow we’re going to the Northern Expedition, do you think I should wash my hair?”, “I’ll wash it. What if there’s a handsome guy?”]

[College student: Which way is north, brother? ?][College student: Find someone to help you march north tomorrow, for a fee.]

[College student: No, the instructor didn’t teach me this either. Let’s go back to the dormitory and wait for further notice]

[College student: Prime Minister, can the express delivery be delivered outside the military camp? ]

[College student: Prime Minister, I want his weapon. Can I ask him to exchange it with me?]

[The Wei army attacked the Shu Han camp at night and found that 900,000 college students were still awake. ]

Late Han Dynasty, Nanjun.

Zhuge Liang was choked at the very beginning, his face turned red and he kept coughing.

However, Zhuge Liang stopped coughing, straightened his clothes, and bowed to the sky with his hands in a serious manner: "How can I be so worthy of such respect from future generations of gentlemen?"

Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others naturally knew that military advisors were respected by later generations, and they also knew that in the original history, the Kingdom of Shu was destined to be destroyed.

I never thought that more than 1800 years later, there are still people who hope we win.

At this moment, the eyes of the group of rough men were wet, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Pang Tong were deeply moved.

Zhang Fei raised his head and squinted his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

In fact, from the videos I watched, the frequency of appearance of Shu Han, or Liu, Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Zhuge and others, is much higher than that of Cao Cao and the Eastern Wu.

They have also seen many videos, such as "Horse Archer Guan Yu Asks Hua Xiong to Fight", "Hua Tuo Scrapes Guan Yu's Bone to Treat Poison", "Daiyu Fights Liu, Guan and Zhang", "Nonsense Version of the Three Brothers of Peach Garden", etc.
Sometimes I get quite annoyed by this, because it is always inconsistent with the facts and damages my image and reputation.

But the Prime Minister always said that this is why future generations like us.
But why? When we come to the military advisor, we are given food, drinks, steel and people, but when it comes to us, we either fight with Daiyu and Baoyu or perform devilish dance?
Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others could not hold back their laughter, it was finally the military advisor's turn, now everyone felt that if they died together it would not be considered a social death.

Yecheng.

Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others all had gloomy faces. It's amazing that thousands of years later, there are still so many people speaking up for Liu, Guan, Zhang and others.

Cao Cao felt very unhappy. He felt like he was successful on the battlefield but unsuccessful in love. Although many people liked him, he always felt that he was inferior to Zhuge Liang.

Cao Cao didn't know why there were so many people in later generations who were upset and wanted to change the future outcome.

Hasn't it always been the case that the strong prey on the weak and the strong are respected?

Why, isn’t it that we, Cao Wei, deserve to rule the world?

Jinling City, Hexing Tea and Snack Shop.

At this time, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had already been published, and everyone had already finished reading it, so everyone could understand Tianmu's love for the prime minister.

Especially the heavy rain in Shangfang Valley made the plan fail, and the Seven Star Lantern was trampled out. Everyone felt sad at that time.

This is an irreversible historical trend.

When he learned that hundreds of years later there were still people who wanted to use various methods to help the prime minister win once, even the shopkeeper who was used to the indifference of human nature was deeply touched.

He poured a glass of wine, raised it and wanted to invite the young men to drink with him, but had to put it down reluctantly.

Inside the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

Throughout the ages, only one person has had this honor, and others can hardly even dream of matching him.

Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang and others were all silent. There is a gap between prime ministers.

[Of course, some netizens also gave the Prime Minister a good prescription]

[Zhuge Liang: The opposing coach is Zhai Tianlin.]

[Zhuge Liang: The Northern Expedition is a compulsory course. The final assessment will be counted into the total grade point. The more land you occupy, the higher the score.]

[Zhuge Liang: Participating in the Northern Expedition can issue an internship certificate]

[Zhuge Liang: Kill the general to keep your research, destroy the city to get a job]

[Zhuge Liang: Okay, we will start calling the roll in 10 minutes. Those who are not here will have their marks deducted.]

(End of this chapter)